Diminished capacity to modulate motor activation patterns according to task contributes to thumb deficits following stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1644-1651

  Triandafilou, Kristen M ^a   Fischer, Heidi C ^a   Towles, Joseph D ^a,b   Kamper, Derek G ^a,d   Rymer, William Z ^a,b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; EMG; Hand; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; KINETICS; MALE; MODULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THUMB;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; THUMB;

EID: 80054048052     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00936.2010     Document Type: Article

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